'Lawmakers around the country are debating a record number of marijuana law reform bills in 2010. NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up is your one-stop guide to pending marijuana law reform legislation around the country, along with tips for influencing the policies of your state.'

'Market Analysis: Once again it’s Kush in the top pot spot for the month. However, the coveted strain’s average price dropped $42 in February. Blueberry, Purps and Diesel are all two for two in terms of top-five finishes for 2010, while Strawberry Cough made the cut for the first time since March '09.'

'Plants that could help an estimated 2,400 local medical marijuana patients are in danger of dying with the power cut at CannaHelp dispensary after Thursday's lockdown of the California pot collective's building, owner Stacy Hochanadel said Friday.'

'The fight around CBS's initial refusal to run a pro-legalization ad from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) ended in victory Wednesday afternoon, reports Te-Ping Chen at Change.org.'

'Ex-narcotics officer turned cop-busting filmmaker Barry Cooper has been arrested for allegedly filing a false police report in a KopBusters sting operation, and for possession of less than a gram of marijuana found in a raid on his home.'

'Jamullah Grinders are cool for a bunch of reasons, but the best place to start is with their price. Each of these grinders are only $14, $13.99 to be exact. With a price like that it's hard to believe that these grinders are also awesome in just about every other way too.'

'When it comes to marijuana seeds, most Canadians are familiar with the case of Marc Emery, a well-known activist facing extradition and five years in a US prison for selling seeds online—but a lesser-known case involving a Canadian seed-seller named Richard Baghdadlian, one of the few cases in history where a Canadian has faced charges for selling marijuana seeds, has just wrapped up in a Quebec courtroom.'

3/3/10

'However, after watching fourteen years of marijuana activism focused solely on those who use cannabis for medicine, I must warn activists that medical marijuana is not getting any better and the time for re-legalization of cannabis for all adults - even the healthy ones - is now.'

'Medical marijuana would be taxed $30 an ounce and sold at county-licensed "compassion centers" that would grow and sell marijuana to qualified patients and caregivers under a bill passed Tuesday by the Hawaii State Senate.'

'Overall: I love it. I want to always be able to go to the freezer and grab a chunk of this stuff. I say freezer because that is where you keep it. It will turn to oil in the baggy in a warm environment. If you freeze it again it will turn hard as glass.

I smoked it in my Jerome Baker 2 foot water pipe on top of a hit of homegrown Maco Haze. Broke off the tiniest little piece, melted it on top of the Maco Haze and BAM I was "Jollee" like good ole Saint Nick himself.

They told me patients come from all over California to go to the SCPC just for this particular medicine. Now I know why! – SantaCruzMts'

'The ad features the President puffing a fat doobie in a doctored photo. The event's organizers say the party will "celebrate Obama ending DEA raids" on medical marijuana patients and providers in states where medical cannabis is legal, report David Edwards and John Byrne at The Raw Story.'

Too bad all the people in jail after the still on-going DEA raids can't celebrate with us.

'When Oliver Stone made Any Given Sunday, the National Football League virtually declared war on the film, attempting to block production in any way possible. But the battle was worth it: “It hurt my health at that time, but I totally enjoyed making it – I really got into it,” Stone says.'

'Overall: These buds were surprisingly clear for an indica similar to that crazy purple I had reviewed earlier, but not presenting the same way glimmering all over. However, crack these buds open and it’s incredible, golden right down to the center, almost blinding. –m1ke'

'Here's a job title that didn't exist around here a couple of years ago: budtender.

That would be the person helping a medical marijuana patient select the proper strain to treat his or her ailment. It's a job that requires a mix of mundane skills such using a cash register and making change, a little science nerdism to talk about the brain's cannabinoid receptors and the like, a familiarity with terms such as "couch lock" (since stoner descriptives can creep into a serious medical discussion), a passing knowledge of agronomy to explain hybrid strains, empathy, good communications skills, and generally -- assuming the budtender has a medical marijuana card -- some firsthand knowledge.'

'There are so many recipe's for weed brownies. All you need to really remember is that the weed will be in the oil. So if you can make marijuana oil you can use any store bought brownie box. Simple right.'

'The first hint might come when you read the message in the third-floor windows, "FREE MARC." Eventually, you get it. All of the people, and all of the media attention in this corner of Vancouver are not drawn by the spectacle of sport, they are drawn by the desire to rub shoulders with royalty; they are all seeking audience with the Prince of Pot, Marc Emery. With his bong in hand, Marc Emery, publisher of the on-line Cannabis Culture Magazine, cannabis seed entrepreneur extraordinaire, tireless activist for worldwide marijuana legalization, and fugitive, is awaiting and fighting extradition to the United States for distribution charges stemming from his multi-million dollar mail-order cannabis seed business.'

'Comments: I’ve owned grinders for as long as I’ve been smoking. I’ve had all the different kinds: plastic, wood, metal and honestly they’ve all worked the same, so when I saw this super sized grinder for $80 I was skeptical it would perform any better. But upon holding it in my hands and seeing all the different parts disassembled I decided it was worth the investment.'

2/28/10

'On May 20, 1997, 18-year-old Esequiel Hernandez came home from school and hiked onto his family's isolated property on the Texas-Mexico border to graze his herd of 45 goats. Hernandez, a high-school student with no criminal record, dreamt of becoming a U.S. Marine or park ranger. Like most of the other residents of tiny Redford, Texas, Hernandez frequently carried a gun, occasionally firing it into the air to scare off animals that bothered his goats.'